"Civic society, who contributed so much to the Haass process, deserve prosperity.

"The first crucial step on that path is the commitment of the five parties to implement the Haass/O'Sullivan proposals."

Alliance amendment

Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle proposed an amendment to the motion, calling for the urgent implementation of the Haass proposals on the past, while a time-limited, independently-chaired mechanism should be used to reach agreement between the parties on the outstanding issues on parades and flags.

"The Alliance Party would like to see the implementation of the Haass document, but we reserve the right to give the public our honest assessment of what progress has been made in each of the three issues," he said.

"We believe that the final package fell short of what this process was mandated to achieve. It also failed to meet the hopes and aspirations that the public invested in this process."